Jay’s eyewitness report on Limbaugh-Hate at the New York Philharmonic was a big topic on Rush’s show yesterday, and it turned out Jay wasn’t the only conservative in the audience Thursday night to hear the Lefty One-Percenters’ 1984-ish loud and long applause when composer John Adams took to the stage to discuss the inspiration for his piece and compared Islam’s “casual brutality toward women” to the radio legend. Turns out that in in the back row sat Melanie (a Corner reader!) and her friend Trish. Melanie called in and spoke at length with El Rushbo. From her conversation (the complete transcript here):

CALLER: It was packed and the majority of people clapping were in the front and whooping it up. I don’t believe that Jay heard me, but I was outraged. It ruined my entire evening.
RUSH: I think you and –
CALLER: I was just stunned. I’m sorry to interrupt you. I was just so stunned, and I’m still very upset about it. It was completely inappropriate and completely out of context.
RUSH: Well, I appreciate your sentiments. I really do. You and Jay must have been the only two people in there.
CALLER: Well, my friend Trish was with me, and she absolutely was outraged as well. The reason that I called you is I just wanted to let you know that someone in addition to Jay and my friend Trish in Manhattan, in the land of leftist loons, has your back.
RUSH: Well, I appreciate that more than you know. I really . . . I don’t know how to thank you for that, because there’s no way I can tell people how much that means. It’s just no way I can convey that to people.
CALLER: Rush, I heard you come and speak in New York City. I’m a huge fan and a huge listener, and you are right on, everything you say and everything that you do for us conservatives. You can be anything in New York City. You can be a murderer, a thief, a liar, but don’t you dare be a conservative . . .
RUSH: I can imagine, you’re sitting there, you’re . . . Did you go because you were interested in his music?
CALLER: Well, I love the philharmonic, and I love the violin, and there was a woman who was going to do a solo performance at that show. So I was very interested in hearing that, and I was completely stunned.
RUSH: So this guy stands up and starts explaining the source, the inspiration for his classical piece was how appalled he was to learn how mistreated women are in the militant Muslim, Arab, Islamist, whatever, world. And then he says, “But, by the way . . .” You know, it’s typical of liberals. They –
CALLER: And he goes after you. Of all people. I’ve been listening to you for 20 years, and I’m a woman.
RUSH: He doesn’t –
CALLER: How dare he! I’m outraged.
RUSH: But he doesn’t listen. I’m the bogey man. I’m just . . . My name epitomizes and encapsulates all of their hatred for conservatism. But, see, the point is this guy’s standing up there, and he realizes what he’s doing. He’s telling people that his inspiration . . . He has been inspired to write this piece on the basis he was so appalled at the way women are treated in various parts of the world.
But then, as a good liberal, he had to say something to let everybody know that America’s no better. So he says, “And, by the way, you can find it here on Rush Limbaugh,” and that’s when the audience started their nearly two-minute applause. None of ’em listen to the program like you, Melanie. None of them have the slightest idea what happens here. It doesn’t matter. They know what happens here because they watch The Daily Show or because they read Media Matters or basically whatever sewer on Twitter they happen to visit. That’s how they know what happens on this program. They wouldn’t dare tune in here like you do.
Anyway, I’m kind of shocked that we had somebody from this audience in the audience at Avery Fisher last night. A thousand people. Melanie, I appreciate the call. I really do.